Watch Scott Rostan appear live outside the New York Stock Exchange with Fox Business Network hosts Connell McShane and Dagan McDowell on August 12, 2011. Scott sat down with FBN to detail how companies can benefit from market volatility and take advantage of the low rates and access to cheap debt amidst the August market […]

By Tara Lachapelle and Joseph Ciolli Ralcorp Holdings Inc. (RAH) and Temple- Inland Inc. are losing more money than ever for traders betting on higher takeover offers. Ralcorp, the biggest U.S. maker of store-brand foods, lost $470 million last week, falling below an unsolicited proposal from ConAgra Foods Inc. (CAG) for the first time since […]

By Matt Andrejczak, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Demand is seen as promising for shares of the initial public offering from Dunkin’ Brands Group, owner of the Dunkin’ Donuts coffee chain and Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores. Dunkin’, which opened its first shop in 1950 and is now in countries as far from the U.S. as […]

Zynga Inc. has become the most valuable U.S. video-game company by relying on Facebook Inc. to reach users. Now it has to convince investors that its dependence on the social network won’t hinder growth. Zynga, maker of social games such as “FarmVille” and “CityVille,” said yesterday it will raise $1 billion in an initial public […]

By Kyle Stock Another sign that heady days are back on Wall Street: Private-equity firms are raiding investment banks for relatively inexperienced analysts. Buyout companies have long poached hires from two-year analyst programs at bulge-bracket banks. This year, the hiring is occurring more rapidly, according to private-equity and investment-bank recruiters. Candidates are being snapped up […]